2 killed in Myanmar plane crash

From Kocha Olarn, CNN

Updated 10:40 AM ET, Wed December 26, 2012

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Passenger plane crashes in Myanmar – Security officers stand guard at the crash site of a plane near Myanmar's Heho Airport on Wednesday, December 26. The plane crashed near the airport Tuesday, December 25, leaving two people dead and injuring 11others.

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Passenger plane crashes in Myanmar – An officer from Myanmar's Department of Civil Aviation inspects the remains of the plane on December 26. An Air Bagan representative said the airline was investigating the crash.

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Passenger plane crashes in Myanmar – The Air Bagan plane, which was carrying 71 people, burns December 25 near Heho Airport. A tour guide on board the plane and a motorbike rider on the ground were killed.

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Passenger plane crashes in Myanmar – Smoke rises from the scene. The Air Bagan plane was trying to land at Heho Airport but was hampered by heavy fog, the Myanmar Ministry of Information said.

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A tour guide was killed

A motorbike rider was also killed by the crash

Two people were killed and 11 were injured after a plane crashed Tuesday near an airport in central Myanmar, authorities said.

The Air Bagan plane, carrying 71 people, was trying to land at Heho Airport but was hampered by heavy fog, the Myanmar Ministry of Information said. It crashed breaking the tail of the plane and killing a tour guide on board. Also a motorbike rider on the ground was killed.

An Air Bagan representative said the airline was investigating the incident.